Kelsey Shipton January 21, 2024 Our History 2008: Linda Saxer Retires After 13 Years as Director of the Durant-Peterson House Museum Kelsey Shipton January 21, 2024 Our History A field trip with her daughter's Campfire group in 1981 inspired Linda's lifelong passion for the Durant-Peterson House.
Kelsey Shipton January 14, 2024 Our History 1990: First Annual Preservation Conference Kelsey Shipton January 14, 2024 Our History ““[A] festive wine bar and luncheon” was wedged between presentations at this first annual preservation conference.
Kelsey Shipton January 7, 2024 Our History 1970-1972: Local Questers chapters save, begin restoration, and open Durant-Peterson House Museum Kelsey Shipton January 7, 2024 Our History Evelyn Johnson and June Anderson Zeigler convinced the Forest Preserve District of Kane County to save the Durant-Peterson House.
Kelsey Shipton December 31, 2023 Our History A Fifty-Year History of Preservation Kelsey Shipton December 31, 2023 Our History A humble home on the Illinois prairie inspires a fifty-year journey of historic preservation.
Kelsey Shipton December 27, 2023 Historic Preservation Why is Historic Preservation Important? Kelsey Shipton December 27, 2023 Historic Preservation Maintenance and modern building codes can be a challenge with older structures. The stories these buildings tell, though, are irreplaceable.
